If you’re single, married, or have a special interest and like to travel, you should know that some tour companies are finally easing the vice grip to double occupancy requirements. As well, an online organization has emerged to help single travelers connect with one another.

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The Melbourne Cup is an annual horse race event that has practically become a household lingo not only among Australians but also among race aficionados, bettors and risk-takers around the world at large. The event is usually held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. This day was traditionally only a public holiday within metropolitan Melbourne, but is now also observed as a holiday.

The Melbourne Cup continues to evolve and remains as the greatest 3200 meter horses race any where in the world and, by the nature of the conditions, arguably the most challenging to win. Worldwide bettors place their money, sometimes even a substantial portion of their fortune, just to grab an opportunity to cap the prize money that is worth a lifetime.

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Halloween parties are the most common, if not the most common costume parties, that most people attend. Experience wearing the cool Halloween costumes this Halloween party and you will certainly standout from the rest for wearing the coolest costumes they might ever see in their whole life. Play one of those characters in horror movies like Dracula with bloods dripping in his lips, with prosthetic all over your face. Start sucking them to their amazement as you flaunt your black cape, wigs, and other accessories that will accentuate your character. You may also choose to be a large-headed creature with dark big eyes like an alien. Polish your appearance with other accessories with your alien character and you will definitely catch the attention of your peers. I bet you would not like to miss this!

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In many parts of the Philippines, access to mobile Telephony & wireless Internet and to Geriatric Medical Care (in Tertiary-level Hospitals around Metro Manila) have both become readily available. The archipelago is also considered as one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world, with more species crammed and concentrated in one areas. Tourists plays an important role to the Philippine economy.

The Rice Terraces:

The rice terraces were carved out of mountains thousands of years ago and by far the most extensive of its kind in the world (longer and bigger than those in Indonesia) with sophisticated irrigation and engineering that was unthinkable during the time it was built. The rice terraces cover 4,000 square miles (10,000 km squared) of mountainside. It is, in fact , a UNESCO world heritage and is said to be the 8th wonder of the world.

Beaches and Dive Sites:

The best dive sites in the Philippines are located in Anilao, Boracay, Malapascua, Apo Island, Balicasag, Pamilacan, Tubbataha, Palawan, and Puerto Galera. The Hundred Islands, also located in the Northern Philippines, is a group of more that 400 islets with coral reefs surrounding the islets. Beaches in Bohol island are considered as best of the world. In fact, this region is used as ’setting’ for film (both local and foreign).

Foods:

At times fresh seafood is served with exotic sauces and spices. Apart from a few exceptions, such as Bicol and the Muslim areas of the south, the seasoning is not spicy.

Coconut is used to make desserts such as pudding, which is made of ground rice, sugar, and coconut milk and baked in the oven. The diet of poor families is generally rice, fish, and vegetables, combined with starchy snacks. Rice is served with almost all meals, as it is their staple food.

Events:

The flower season of Baguio- described as the summer capital of the Philippines because of its perennially cool weather-is something to look forward to. Christmas vacations will give you ample time to celebrate the festival with great enthusiasm. Manila’s vibrant party scene rivals those of Shanghai and the nightlife is amongst the underrated in the world with the Filipinos penchant for parties and fiestas.

Shopping:

The convenience of Philippine online shopping will convince you that you have found the best way to shop. Prices of the goods for Philippine bargains are comparable to the ones in Thailand and in China. Shopping is one of the things tourists love about the Philippines.

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Day 2: We woke up very early for my dream tour… Underground River Tour. A 2-hour bumpy-jumpy ride brought us to the other end of Puerto Princesa. Oh my God, we’re facing the South China Sea. On our way to the river, we chose the Monkey Trail Route. It was a very exciting 1 hour of mountain climbing and swimming :), though there was a point when all I wanna do is lie down. We met some monkeys and lizards in the forest also…. 1 hour after, this is the moment. We’re now in the bank of the river…. We paddled through the river inside the cave… and alas! you will witness very interesting stalagmite and stalactite formations… like the Cathedral, Holy Family, different vegetables, fruits, etc… On our way back, we got a 20-minute pump boat ride to the terminal

Day 3: Early adventure to El Nido!!!! We got a van for ourselves…. another 9-hour bumpy-jumpy ride…but it was fun, and the scenery is just so beautiful!

Day 4: Its a whole of discovery, fun, and adventure. First stop was El-Nido’s twin rocks where our friend went on diving. Then we went to Miniloc’s Twin Lagoon. It’s as if we owned the island as there are no other people… so serene. It’s really a very good place for kayaking and snorkeling. We just then hop from one island to the other for caving, swimming. We ate lunch in zimishu island, snorkeling while waiting for food to be cooked.

Day 5: Do widzenia El- Nido…… we’ll come to visit again.

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I’ll admit it - I’m a maximizer. Why else would I build an entire family roadtrip to the Southwest in late spring based solely on the fact that National Rentacar had a great one-way rate for just about any sized vehicle from Phoenix to Denver.

I scored a mid-sized SUV, and all the plans fell into place from there. Of course, that meant two one-way flights (usually more expensive) for the four of us, and oh yes, to fit in a trip of any real length, we’d have to leave on Bryson’s last day of school and be home just 7 days later so that Bryson and I could immediately turn around and head off to a weekend at Cub Scout Camp - more on that later.

So, we got lucky when we found out that Bryson had an early release day on his last day of school (was planning on pulling him out a couple of hours early), so we had no problem waiting for him to come home on the bus at noon, taxi at the front door by 1p, and take-off on Sun Country Airlines (known for it’s free hot cheeseburgers in flight) at 2:50p.

I kept wondering why the flight was showing just an hour and 30 minutes air time — arriving in Phoenix at 4:20p and it occured to me why the front-desk associate at a hotel in Chinle, AZ had warned me repeatedly that the Navajo Nation was one hour ahead of Arizona time. As you might recall, not only is Minnesota on Daylight Savings Time, but Arizona remains on Standard Daylight Time all year, so what is a flight from Central to Mountain timezones, turns into an extra 2 “living on the plane” hours tacked onto your actual flight time.

Why does Arizona remain on standard time yearround?  My guess is that they want the early morning tee times at the golf course, and have no desire to stay out later in the evening when it’s 101 degrees.

After landing in Phoenix, we headed to the National Rentacar garage (I really like

National - they let you pick any vehicle available in your reserved car class), and scored a white Nissa Xterra. This was after Karin turned down the bright yellow Toyota FJ Cruiser that smelled like cigarettes.

To rise to my highest level of techno-geekie-dom, I had recently upgraded my Garmin eTrex GPS unit to an eTrex Vista HCx with an add-on memory card so I could store all the road maps, point of interest, driving direction, etc.. for the whole trip.  Being the handheld GPS unit I use for geocaching, this was a double-bonus since I had a suction cup mount for it.  Unfortunately, in all the downloads of hotels, national park sites and possible geocaches we’d visit, I erased the digital maps for Arizona and Colorado.  I discovered this as we were pulling out of the rental car garage in Arizona — I was way disappointed! So, I put the GPS away and never pulled it out again for the rest of the trip.  I was kind of a welcome relief to use maps and not be constantly shifting my gaze to check out the distance to destination, avg speed, etc..

And one more geekie item — I have a zipper bag that’s just the right size for holding a laptop notebook. Instead, it became the stuff sack for every conceivable charger, adapter and power plug you could imagine. Let’s just go down the list of technologies that made it into my carry-on:
- work laptop + AC adapter
- ipod +battery backpack (extra 6 hours of battery life) + AC charger
- portable DVD player + external battery pack(extra 3 hours of battery life) + AC & DC power cords
- GPS unit + DC cords
- 2 cell phones + AC and DC charger adapters
- 3 pairs of headphones
- headphone splitter - 2 kids 1 show
- 4 digital cameras (my Nikon D70 slr, Canon point and shoot, 1 each kid-sized Argus Green Bean 5 Megapixel digital cameras) + chargers

Argus Green Bean

First stop leaving Phoenix was the local Walmart to pick up a Site to Store order for a Range Roller 20 Portable Electric 12-Volt Car Cooler. Think about it - one week trip to the Southwest - kids who desperately want to stop at every gas station to get a drink or candy — you can see why we picked up a thermoelectric cooler to keep picnic stuff and drinks cool and reduce the number of stops. This cooler had a 5-star rating (based on 10 reviews), so it was a hand’s down choice. (In case you are unaware, I run the ratings & review functionality on BestBuy.com - among other duties). It was quiet, had rolling wheels and a telescoping handle.

Ok - finally on the road and we headed north up to Flagstaff with sun making an early departure. Checked into the very clean and organized Comfort Inn - right at I-17 and I-40. I-40 runs from Wilmington, NC to Barstow, CA — the west portion from Oklahoma City to Barstow follows the approximate route of the historic Route 66.

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